Monday, September 24, 2007

Roasted Potatoes with Green Olive & Caper Vinaigrette

Here's another dish for you olive lovers out there. I needed a quick side dish and was pawing through my refrigerator when I noticed a forlorn bottle of green olives in the side door. I used them as a basis for this quick little vinaigrette and tossed them with some freshly roasted potatoes. The saltiness of the olives, along with the zing of the fresh lemon, is the perfect combination for this warm salad. The dressing is also versatile enough to toss with salads or other favorite roasted vegetables.

Roast potatoes until crispy and brown. (I normally just toss them in a 375 degree oven with a bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper for about 30-35 minutes) Coarsely chop olives and capers. Place in a small bowl. Add remaining ingredients and whisk until well combined. Toss desired amount with warm potatoes and serve.

14 comments:

Joanne
said...

The Greek gods will love you and your oily potatoes. I just returned from a two week vacation to Greece and in every restaurant menu was a section known as the "oilies" which can be any vegetable based dish with mega-watt olive oil. Being a vegetarian I was always on the look out for the "oily" section on the menu for oily okra and potatoes, oily eggplant and onions, oily giant baked beans, etc. Too bad your oily potatoes weren't on the menu as I certainly would have ordered them. Long live olive oil :D

p.s. Great blog by the way. I made your delicious spicy pumpkin and black bean soup last night and it's all gone!!!

These sound fantastic. I always have cracked green olives in the fridge, and there are potatoes in the kitchen garden begging to be dug up and turned into this dish!

I just discovered your blog through a BlogHerAds headline link. I can't wait to try your kalamata olive hummus. I'm a huge olive lover, too, and I buy chickpeas by the case. I was tickled to see that your recipe doesn't call for tahini, which I never have on hand. : )

I bookmarked this recipe a while ago, and finally got around to making it tonight. Too bad I waited so long! Absolutely delicious! My whole family loved it, including my very particular 5-year-old (Mommy! These are the best potatoes I've ever had!) I will surely make these potatoes again. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!